BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.
—At 3'40 A.M. on the 2nd April, the barque Cedarine, of Bermuda, stranded near Brighstone Grange, with 234 persons on board, 191 of whom were convicts, whose period of punishment at...
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• In the annals of the RNLI new deed of gallantry are recorded year by year. From comparatively recent times, the very names of such casualties as World Concord, Netta Croan, Lyrma and Orion conjure up the high courage and fine seamanship...
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Southend-on-Sea, Essex and The Humber, Yorkshire.
LIEUTENANT H.R.H. PRINCE GEORGE, E.G., G.C.V.O., R.N., named the Motor Life-boat which was sent last autumn to Southend-on-Sea, on 8th July last, the name given to the boat...
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The RNLI has been saving lives at sea for 178 years. Beach Rescue has only been a part of this for two years, but it has come a long way since its formation as a trial project in early 2001 The RNLI became involved in Beach Rescue as a...
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LIV. BULL BAY (Anglesey) The Curling, 34 feet by 7£ feet, 10 oars.
"READER, have you ever been at Ply- mouth?" asks the versatile Captain Fred- erick Marryatt in opening one of the happiest productions of...
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ABERYSTWITH, CARDIGANSHIRE.—The Life-boat stationed here many years since has been replaced by a new self-righting boat, which is 35 ft. long by 8 ft. 6 in.
wide and rows ten oars double-banked.
She is...
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To become a fully competent lifesaver, crew members need to develop a wide range of skills. The RNLI has developed a Competence Based Training system that helps crew members acquire these skills and maintain them through lifeboat station...
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THE following lines, which graphically describe the rescue of a shipwrecked crew by one of the Life-boats of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, were written by WILLIAM POTTER, a coast- guardman and coxswain of the Cahore Life-boat, on the...
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Exhausting Cliff Service THE Barmouth, Merionethshire, IRB on 21st June, 1971, was requested to help in evacuating a badly injured woman who had fallen down cliff's at Friog. In view of the prevailing weather conditions the life-boat was...
Over the last few years the lifeboat service has been in a strong financial position. It has been able to plan for the future and expand itslifesaving activities, thanks to the generosity and support of the public. However the continued...
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